Fibebboaed shipping carton



E. s. GOMES July 11, 1933.

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- EARL 5. Games I ATTORNE E. s. GOME'S Jan. 12, 1932.

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PI'BERBOARD sunrise" cAni-bu ABL S.G ES fiJm/ ATTORNEKV? Reinued m 11, 1933 UNITED STATES EARL s eonna or cmcmmurr, onIo FIBERBOABD SHIPPING CARTON Original No. 1,841,025, dated January 12, 1982, Serial No. 535,468, filed flay 6, 1981. Application for reissue filed latch 13, 1983. Serial No. 661,930.

My invention relates to shipping cartons and more particularly to a fiber used for shipping radios and the like.

Heretofore various types of inner supports for fiberboard shipping cases have been devised but all of said su ports, I to the best of my knowledge, are di cult to insert within the carton, do not readily maintain their proper placement and, in the majority of instances, it is necessaryto place the article to be shipped within the carton and then insert the inner supports in order to keep them together and at the proper supporting position relative to the artlcle to be shipped.

The object of my invention, generally stated, is to provide improved inner'supports for carton and will maintain their cartons of the class above specified which are simple, eflicient, economical to manufacture, easily mserted within and removed from the roper lacement within the carton both be ore an after the radio or like article to be shipped is packed therein.

Another object of my invention is to provide inner supports for fiberboard shipping cartons which can be easily assembled by the .carton manufacturers ready for use, thus eliminating the usual time required of the packer in assembling said supports.

More specifically stated, my object is to provide a carton which. may be quickly set up and which will hold a radio cabinet sus-- pended ofi of its legs and in such a manner that all parts of the cabinet will be so suspended that no part thereof will come into contact with the carton or outer container.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and eflicient protective means to v firmly hold the cabinet in fixed, non-sliding relation to the top plate, thereby preventing the surface of the cabinet from being marred by rubbing. I

A still further object of my invention is to provide an improved fiberboard top plate which is of a size suitable for snugly fitting within the top of the carton.

My invention consists in the construction,

combination, location and arrangement of parts, all as herein set forth and claimed.

oard carton being-partly shown in section to clearly illus- In the drawings:

Fig.1 is a perspective phantom view of a fiberboard shipping carton showing, by full lines, my improved inner supports and the relative position they assume within the bottom portion of the carton;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the main or body part of one of the supports;

Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of one ofthe flat panels;

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of one of the wedge supporting and strengthening strips;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the wooden brace usually employed in shipping radios;

Fig. 6 is a top view of one of the supports I shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a vertical section through a fiberboard shipping carton showing my improved inner supports and top plate for spacing an article to be ship ed from the side walls and top and bottom 0 the carton;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view, partly in section, of the top plate, one of the side pads trate its assemblage with the plate; Fig. 9 is a cross section of the top plate and side pads taken on a plane corresponding to line 99 of Fig. 11; v

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the blank of the top plate before bending; and

Fig. 11 is'a bottom view of the top plate and side pads and showing the outline of the radio by broken lines.

The structure hereinafter described is particularly adapted to be used as a shipping container for console type radio cabinets with radio receiver and speaker installed, or any other like cabinet or piece of furniture. In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated and which shows a preferred construction I provide a shipping carton 1, which is preferably but not necessarily composed of double-wall fiberboard and is provided with side flaps 2-2 and end flaps 33 at the top and bottom to close the top and bottom of said carton in a manner well known.

Referring now in detail to one of the inner supports for the carton 1, I have shown a radio cabinet as the article to be shipped which is designated 4 and shown by dotted outline in Fig. 7, but it is to be understood that various other articles, such as furniture, can be shipped, the inner supports not being limited to supporting radio cabinets but being adapted to support any article of a simi- ,lar nature.

As shown in detail in Fig; 2, 5 designates the body of one of the inner supports which is preferably formed from a blank of corrum gated fiberboard scored and died out so that when said blankis folded it will appear as shown in Fig. 2. This body 5, being scored on the lines 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11, respectively, and died out at 12 and 13, when bent, forms aligned end walls 1414 and relatively short oppositely disposed side walls or flanges 15-15. The accessory end walls 14'-14 are integrally joined together by the U-shaped inset portion 16, which ortion is providedwith '20 downwardly depen ing support 18, said parts 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 forming flanged, upri ht, retaining, spacing and supporting mom rs. 19 represents one of the flat panels, a detail of which is shown in Fig. 3, and numerals 2020 designate slots in said panel which are of a width suitable for receiving the side walls 17 of the U-shaped inset ortion 16, as will presently be descri ed. Wedge strengthening strip 21, shown in Fig. 4, is of a width suitablefor being received between the side walls 17 of-the U-shaped inset portion 16, as shown in Fig. 6. After the bod 5 has been scored and died out, as descri ed, and bent on the scored lines to the position shown in Fig. 2, two of the flat panels 19 are placed betweenthe downwardly depending support 18 and the end walls 14-14 and pushed inwardly so that the slots 20-20 of said panels receive the side walls 17-17 of the inset portion 16, the depth of the slots being equal to the depth of the side walls 17. The panels are then pushed upon the side walls 17 and the to edges 20a are brought into alignment or ush with the to edges 17a of the side walls 17, as shown in igs..1,2 and 6. One of the wedge strengthening strips 21 is then inserted between "panels 19 and between the walls 1717 of the inset portion 16, as shown in Fig. 6, thus wedging panels 19 tightly against the body 5 or sufliciently so to hold them rigid relative to one another.

In the present showing I have illustrated a radio cabinet 4 as the article to be shipped and in this showing it is customaryto pro vide a wooden support such as shown in Fig. 5. This wooden support comprises cross member 22 and end members 23 and 24, which end members are preferably nailed to the cross member 22 as shown. The cross member 22 isthen secured to the bottom of the radio cabinet 4 in any suitable manner as, for example, by nails 25, as shown in Fig. 7 and with the wooden support thus attached to the cabinet 4, said cabinet can be placed within the carton 1, the end members 23 and 24 be- Referring now to the top plate of the carton and to Fig. 10, 27 designates a blank which is notched or cut away at 28 and scored, as shown by the dotted lines. The ends. of the blank 27 are then bent upon thescored lines so as to assume the position shown in Figs. 8 and 11, thus providing relatively thick flanged ends 29 and 30. The portions 31 between the notches 28 are then bent downwardly to form flaps 32 and spaces or openings 32a, as clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and pads 33, bent to the form clearly shown in Fig. 8, are mounted upon the top plate and .partly project into the openings 32a, as

shown. With these pads 33, in connection with the top plate, the upper part of the cabinet 4 is spaced from the side and end walls of the carton 1, as clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 11. The radio cabinet is mounted between side flaps 32 which are re-inforced by side pads 33 and between flanged ends 29 and 30, so that there can be no movement either longitudinally or laterally of the cabinet relative to the top plate 27, thereby preventing the cabinet from frictional or rubbing engagement therewith and thus preventing marring of the surface of the cabinet. The width of the side pads 33 is of such dimension as to snugly fit in the openings 3211 whereby said pads are locked against movement within the carton, as clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 11.

I have found that by forming the inner supports as above described they are not only stronger than supiports heretofore used for the purposes speci ed but, due to their peculiar construction, remain in their'intended position within the carton before or after inserting the article to be shipped. They are constructed in such a way that they will stand in a vertical position parallel with the wall. of the carton and there is nothing in their construction that will cause them to expand and force themselves out of parallel alinement with the wall of the carton.

In a previous application filed by me in the Patent Ofiice' I show an inner support for fiberboard cartons but due to the construction there shown the support does not maintain its proper placement within the carton unless held in place until the article to be shipped is inserted within the carton, which results in considerable loss of time in acking and which requires to be assemble and reassembled by the shipper, as its construction will not hold it together, as is the case with the present inner support. The su port of the present invention is self-containe that is, it can be assembled by the box manufacturer and shipped to the packer ready for installation within a carton. Further, due to its construction, after being placed within a carton, it will retain its proper placement in a highly satisfactory manner.

An advantage of my invention is that the interlocking and supporting members have no tongues or extensions that will interfere with their easy insertion within the carton. Without a tongue or extension at the point where the fiber support comes into contact with the wooden brace an easy means is afforded to catch hold of. the support to remove the complete self-contained interlocking unit from the carton.

Radio cabinets and other articles frequently have portions which project beyond the main body of the article, such as knobs or enlarged portions on legs or the main body may have outwardly projecting portions. One of the advantages of my invention is that the top or cover plate can be readily varied in length by making greater or less number of folds, as may be necessary in the flanged ends 29 and can be varied in width by making a greater or less number of folds in the pads 33.

' Some of the advantages of my invention over prior constructions are that the sup orting unit, formed of interlocking mem ers, maintains all pieces in upright or vertical position at all times and allows all supporting members to stand fiat against the end of the shipping carton without forcing it away in any manner from either end thereof; also the arrangement of the slots affords a ready and convenient means of interlocking the upright flanged retaining, spacing and supporting members with the supporting panels 19 in such a way that these parts can be readily and conveniently assembled together by the manufacturer, ready for insertion in the carton by the user and also eliminates the necessity and inconvenience of assembling these parts in the carton. The parts can be cut and scored and stacked flat ready for storage or shipment and can be easily and speedily assembled into self-contained units before being put into the containers. Furthermore, it

' is adapted to hold the cabinet in fixed position within the container and permits the detachable mounting of the cabinet thereon -so that when the container is opened, the

cabinet can be removed without the withdrawal of any nails or other fastenin means.

While I have shown and descri ed one particular-1 embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope or spirit thereof as, for example, for light packin the wedge strengthening support 21 can e entirely dispensed with. In practice I have used single wall corrugated fiberboard to make the body 5 of the inner support and double-wall corrugated fiberboard for use in-making the fiat panels 19 and a relatively stiff solid iece of fiberboard for the Wed e strips 21, it being understood, of course, t at other thicknesses or Weights of fiberboard or other suitable material can be used, dependin entirely upon the weight of the article to shipped within the carton 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure-by Letters Patent is: v

1. In a shipping carton, a pair of units each comprising an upright flanged and slotted retaining, spacing and supporting member detachably interlocked with a flat slotted panel, said units being adapted for detachable mounting in the respective ends of a carton, for the purposes specified.

2. In a shipping carton, a pair of units each comprisin an upright flan ed retaining, spacing an supporting mem er detachably connected with a supporting panel, said units being adapted to be removably mounted within the respective ends of a carton, for the purposes specified.

8. A shippin carton comprisin a container having etachabl mountef therein an upright flanged an slotted retaining, spacing and supporting member having its central portion inset, in combination with a slotted interlocking panel. I

4. A shipping carton comprising an outer fiberboard body with means to close the top and bottom thereof, a pair of inner supporting members, each of which comprises a main blank scored in a lurality of places and provided with space apart slots to form an inwith said end walls and a plurality of flat panels adapted to interlock with said inset portion."

6. In combination with a ship ing carton, inner supporting members therefibr com rising a main body member scored and die out to supply, when bent, side walls, end walls and a -shaped' inset member integrally .formed with said side walls, a de ndin support integrally attached to said shaped inset member, the side walls of said- U-shaped memberbeing dis osed in a plane parallel to said side walls 0 said bod member and a plurality of slotted panels, t e slots of which are adapted to recelve the side walls of said U-shaped inset member to thereby frictional- 1y hold said panels and body in detachably interlocked relation relative to one another.

7 In combination with a shipping carton, a top insert plate therefor comprising a blank scored at opposite ends and slotted between the scored lines to provide inwardly projecting tabs, side pads adapted-to be received adjacent said tabs, and end pads formed at opposite ends of said plate by bending the plate upon itself at-the scored lines, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

8. A shipping carton comprisin a container having detachably mounte within each end thereof an upright flanged and slotted retaining, spacing and supporting member having its central portion inset, in com bination with a plurality of slotted doublewalled corrugated fiberboard detachably interlocking panels with solid fiberboard strengthening wedges interposed between said panels, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

9. In a shipping carton of the class described a pair of self-contained units, each unit composed of an upright member adapted to lie against the inner surface of the carton wall, a substantially solid member attached to said u ri ht member to form a self-contained unit, e upper edge of said solid member being so positioned as to form a supporting ledge.

1-0. In a shipping carton of the class described, a pair of self-contained units, each unit composed of an upright member adapted to lie against the inner surface of the carton Wall, a substantially solid member attached to said uprightqnember to form a selfcontained unit, the upper edge of said solid member being so positioned as to form a supporting ledge, a supporting brace mounted upon said ledges and a top insert plate whereby the contained article is adapted to be held in spaced-apart relation with the carton by said self-contained units, su porting brace and top plate respectively, sai self-contained units, supporting brace and topplate being mounted within the carton, for the purposes specified.

EARL S. GOMES. 

